February 2015 Hot Sheet training schedule

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01/14/2015

Welcome to the Hot Sheet, a schedule of in-person training, live webcasts, partner calls, and office hours for Microsoft US partners. This post is updated regularly to provide you with at least a six-week outlook.

In addition to attending these live events, all partner roles—business, technical, sales, and marketing—will benefit from using the partner learning paths to find on-demand training aligned to competencies, products, exams and assessments, and business models.

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Featured training

	February 17: Windows Apportal Office Hours Built on Windows 8.1, a Windows Apportal can integrate a customer’s Line of Business (LOB) applications stack into a single, modern, touch-based experience. For partners, Windows Apportal presents an experience selling opportunity—learn more from our experts. Final two dates for these Office Hours: February 24 and March 3.
	February 18: Sales and Licensing Excellence Webcast – Selling Office 365 in Healthcare Former hospital CIO, Shawn Remacle, will explain the common challenges in healthcare and how Office 365 addresses them. Also learn how Office 365 safeguards Protected Health Information and gives customers a path towards HIPAA compliance. More Sales and Licensing Excellence webcasts.
	February 24: Partner Practice Enablement Sneak Peek Partner Practice Enablement technical boot camps will help you get the knowledge you'll need for the critical topics of enterprise mobility, data platform, data center, and Azure migrations and new deployments. Register for the February 24 webcast and get a sneak peek at these 200-300 level courses. More about Partner Practice Enablement.
	February 24 and 25 in Bellevue, Washington: SMB Live Day 1 of SMB Live is a business and marketing workshop, and Day 2 is a technical session about hybrid cloud. SMB Live will be in 20+ additional cities in March and April.
	March 5–6: Office 365 Practice Accelerator for SMB Learn the fundamental deployment principles and processes that lead to repeatable successful deployments of Office 365 for small and medium business (SMB) customers. More Office 365 Practice Accelerator dates and training courses.
	First Steps for Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online and Office 365 Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online alongside Office 365 empowers an organization to engage more effectively with its customers. Partners have an opportunity to expand their cloud offerings to include Dynamics CRM Online. A new four-part partner training workshop will be offered in March and April. Links to register here.

This week

Date	Location	Training, Call, or Event	Role
February 18	Webcast	Cloud Profitability Webcast: Build and Grow a Cloud Practice – Partner Live Event Series	All Roles
February 18	Webcast	Microsoft Virtual Academy: MEAN Stack Jump Start	Developers
February 18	Webcast	Partner Technical Services: Voice for Office 365	Technical Roles
February 18	Webcast	Enterprise Mobility Scenario – EMS Overview	Business, Sales, Technical Roles
February 18	Webcast	Microsoft Azure Solution Scenarios – New StorSimple services in Azure	IT Pros
February 18	Webcast	Microsoft Azure Solution Scenarios – ASP.NET V-Next with Azure Websites	Technical Roles
February 18	Webcast	Sales and Licensing Excellence Webcast: Selling Office 365 in Healthcare (Refresher) – Level 100	Business and Sales Roles
February 18	Webcast	Windows Server 2003: Security Risk and Remediation	General Business
February 18	Webcast	The Connected Workforce	General Business
February 19	Webcast	Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2015 Virtual Foundations Course	Technical Roles
February 19	Webcast	Microsoft Azure Solution Scenarios – Data management options on Microsoft Azure	Business, Sales, Technical Roles
February 19	Webcast	Partner Technical Services: Migrate you MBX to Office 365 - Exchange Hybrid Deep Dive	Technical Roles
February 19	Webcast	Partner Technical Services: End to End Project Management Using Project Online	Technical Roles
February 19	Webcast	US Azure Partner Community Call	Business, Sales, Technical Roles
February 20	Webcast	SharePoint Online Developer series for Office 365: Developing Advanced Workflow Scenarios in Office 365	Technical Roles

February 23–27

Date	Location	Training, Call, or Event	Role
February 23-26	Dallas, TX	Microsoft Experience Center Facilitator Boot Camp	All Roles
February 23	Fargo, ND	Microsoft Dynamics AX Fast TrAX Express	Technical Roles
February 23	Webcast	Ask the Experts External Sharing with SharePoint Online	Technical Roles
February 24	Bellevue, WA	SMB Live Workshop: Attract Customers, Grow Sales	Business and Marketing Roles
February 24 New!	Webcast	Microsoft Virtual Academy: Polyglot Persistence: Choosing the Right Storage	Developers
February 24	Webcast	Windows Apportal Office Hours	Business, Sales, Technical Roles
February 24	Webcast	Partner Technical Services: Office 365 Real World Scenarios: Inventory Management	Technical Roles
February 24	Webcast	Partner Practice Enablement	Technical Roles
February 24	Webcast	Microsoft Azure Solution Scenarios – Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery in On-Prem and Microsoft Azure	Business and Technical Roles
February 24	Webcast	Sales and Licensing Excellence Webcast: Dynamics ERP on Azure and How to Get Started – Level 100	Business and Sales Roles
February 25	Bellevue, WA	SMB Live Technical: Modernize with Hybrid Cloud	IT Pros
February 25	Webcast	Cloud Profitability Webcast: Driving Customer Results with Key Microsoft Office 365 Usage Scenarios (Part 2)	All Roles
February 25	Webcast	Microsoft Virtual Academy: Practical Performance Tips to Make Your HTML/JavaScript Faster	Developers
February 25	Webcast	Microsoft Virtual Academy: Getting Started with PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC)	Developers
February 25	Webcast	Partner Technical Services: Voice for Office 365	Technical Roles
February 25	Webcast	Microsoft Virtual Academy: Getting Started with PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC)	Developers
February 26	Webcast	Azure Solutions Acceleration Web Series – Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (Part 3)	Business and Sales Roles
February 26	Webcast	Microsoft Virtual Academy: Developing Games with Marmalade and C++ for Windows and Windows Phone	Developers
February 26	Webcast	Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2015 Virtual Foundations Course	Technical Roles
February 26	Webcast	Sales and Licensing Excellence Webcast: Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online Government – Level 100	Business, Sales, and Licensing Roles
February 26	Webcast	Partner Technical Services: Power BI for Office 365 – Enhanced Reporting in Project Online	Technical Roles
February 26	Webcast	Partner Technical Services: Migrate you MBX to Office 365 - Exchange Hybrid – Advanced Scenarios	Technical Roles
February 26	Webcast	Microsoft Virtual Academy: Advanced PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) and Custom Resources	Developers
February 26	Webcast	Enterprise Mobility Scenario – Microsoft Azure Rights Management Services	Business Roles
February 26	Webcast	Partner Technical Services: Windows Server 2003 Modernization	Business and Technical Roles
February 26	Webcast	Microsoft Azure Solution Scenarios – Azure Mobile Services – Deep Dive	Business and Technical Roles
February 26	Webcast	Dynamics Bite-Sized Series: Dynamics AX 2012 R3 Transportation Management	IT Pros
February 27	Webcast	SharePoint Online Developer series for Office 365: Branding Management with SharePoint App Model	Technical Roles

March 2–6

Date	Location	Training, Call, or Event	Role
March 2-5	Boston, MA	Microsoft Experience Center Facilitator Boot Camp	All Roles
March 2-5	Charlotte, NC	Microsoft Experience Center Facilitator Boot Camp	All Roles
March 2-5	Houston, TX	Microsoft Experience Center Facilitator Boot Camp	All Roles
March 2-6	Webcast	Partner Practice Enablement: Azure Technical Training	Business, Sales, Technical Roles
March 2	Webcast	Cloud Customer Relationship Management Competency Updates	Business Roles
March 2	Webcast	Ask the Experts Messaging: Hybrid Migration	Technical Roles
March 3	Webcast	Windows Apportal Office Hours	Business, Sales, Technical Roles
March 3	Webcast	Sales and Licensing Excellence Webcast: Part 1: Licensing Windows 8.1 – Level 100	Sales and Licensing Roles
March 3	Webcast	Microsoft Virtual Academy: Azure and Open Source: What You Need to Know	Developers
March 3	Webcast	Partner Technical Services: Office 365 Real World Scenarios: Knowledge Management	Technical Roles
March 3	Webcast	Partner Technical Services: Office 365 Initial Journey - Drive Office 365 Adoption	Technical Roles
March 3	Webcast	Microsoft Virtual Academy: Azure and Open Source: What You Need to Know	Developers
March 3	Webcast	Success with Enterprise Mobility Suite Webcast Series	IT Pros
March 4	Webcast	Cloud Profitability Webcast: Accelerate Sales Process	All Roles
March 4	Webcast	Introduction to Dynamics CRM Online (Sales Productivity), Administration, Pricing & Licensing	Business and Sales Roles
March 4	Webcast	Microsoft Virtual Academy: SQL, Python, and Flask	Developers
March 4	Webcast	Partner Technical Services: Voice for Office 365	Technical Roles
March 4	Webcast	Microsoft Azure Solution Scenarios – BigData on Azure	Business, Sales, Technical Roles
March 4–8	Chicago, IL	Microsoft Ignite	Business, Marketing, Technical Roles
March 5–6	Webcast	Partner Technical Services: Office 365 Practice Accelerator for SMB	SMB Partners
March 5 New!	Webcast	Microsoft Virtual Academy: Developer Productivity: What's New in C# 6	Developers
March 5	Webcast	Sales and Licensing Excellence Webcast: Trust and Transparency in a Cloud-First World – Level 100	Sales and Licensing Roles
March 5	Webcast	Microsoft Dynamics CRM Spring Readiness Blitz – Sales Track	Sales Roles
March 5	Webcast	Microsoft Dynamics CRM Spring Readiness Blitz – Technical Track	Technical Roles
March 5	Webcast	Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2015 Virtual Foundations Course	Technical Roles
March 5	Webcast	US Office 365 Partner Community Call	Business, Sales, Technical Roles
March 5	Webcast	Partner Technical Services: How to Sell Office 365 Through the Value Propositions of SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business, and Yammer	Technical Roles
March 5	Webcast	Microsoft Online Services Advisor Monthly Office Hours: Web-Direct and Deploy Incentives	Business and Sales Roles

March 9–13

Date	Location	Training, Call, or Event	Role
March 9-12	Chicago, IL	Microsoft Experience Center Facilitator Boot Camp	All Roles
March 9-12	Los Angeles, CA	Microsoft Experience Center Facilitator Boot Camp	All Roles
March 9-11	Webcast	Partner Technical Services: Design the Hybrid Cloud	Business and Technical Roles
March 9	Webcast	Ask the Experts Identity: Deploying AADSync and upgrading from DirSync/FIM to AADSync	Technical Roles
March 10	New York, NY	SMB Live Workshop: Attract Customers, Grow Sales	Business and Marketing Roles
March 10	Nashville, TN	SMB Live Workshop: Attract Customers, Grow Sales	Business and Marketing Roles
March 10	Webcast	Sales and Licensing Excellence Webcast: Part 2: Licensing Windows Software Assurance and Windows VDA – Level 200	Sales and Licensing Roles
March 10	Webcast	Partner Technical Services: Office 365 Real World Scenarios: Budgeting & Accounting System	Technical Roles
March 10	Webcast	Enterprise Mobility Scenario – Visual Studio Development: Mobile apps for Windows, IOS and Android	Technical Roles
March 11	New York, NY	SMB Live Technical: Modernize with Hybrid Cloud	IT Pros
March 11	Nashville, TN	SMB Live Technical: Modernize with Hybrid Cloud	IT Pros
March 11	Indianapolis, IN	SMB Live Workshop: Attract Customers, Grow Sales	Business and Marketing Roles
March 11	Sunnyvale, CA	SMB Live Workshop: Attract Customers, Grow Sales	Business and Marketing Roles
March 11	Webcast	Cloud Profitability Webcast: Sales Motion: Proof	All Roles
March 11	Webcast	Dynamics CRM Online – Remove Wind from Competitor Sails & Integration with SharePoint	Business and Sales Roles
March 12	Sunnyvale, CA	SMB Live Technical: Modernize with Hybrid Cloud	IT Pros
March 12	Indianapolis, IN	SMB Live Technical: Modernize with Hybrid Cloud	IT Pros
March 12	Webcast	Microsoft Virtual Academy: Construct 2 Advanced Game Development	Developers
March 12	Webcast	Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2015 Virtual Foundations Course	Technical Roles
March 12	Webcast	SharePoint Online Developer series for Office 365: Real World Challenges	Technical Roles
March 12	Webcast	Partner Technical Services: Migrate you MBX to Office 365	Technical Roles
March 13	Webcast	SMB Partner Insider Call Series – East Region	SMB Partners – Business and Sales Roles
March 13	Webcast	SMB Partner Insider Call Series – Central Region	SMB Partners – Business and Sales Roles
March 13	Webcast	SMB Partner Insider Call Series – West Region	SMB Partners – Business and Sales Roles

March 16–20

Date	Location	Training, Call, or Event	Role
March 16	Webcast	Partner Technical Services: Introduction to the Azure Starter Kit	IT Pros
March 16	Webcast	Partner Technical Services: Ask the Experts Communication: Enterprise Voice	Technical Roles
March 16–19	Atlanta, GA	Convergence 2015	Business and Marketing Roles
March 16-19	New York, NY	Microsoft Experience Center Facilitator Boot Camp	All Roles
March 16-19	Philadelphia, PA	Microsoft Experience Center Facilitator Boot Camp	All Roles
March 17	Charlotte, NC	SMB Live Workshop: Attract Customers, Grow Sales	Business and Marketing Roles
March 17	Cleveland, OH	SMB Live Workshop: Attract Customers, Grow Sales	Business and Marketing Roles
March 17	Webcast	Enterprise Mobility Scenario – BYOD in Today’s Enterprises	Business and Technical Roles
March 17	Webcast	Creating O Data Reports	All roles
March 18	Charlotte, NC	SMB Live Technical: Modernize with Hybrid Cloud	IT Pros
March 18	Cleveland, OH	SMB Live Technical: Modernize with Hybrid Cloud	IT Pros
March 18	Denver, CO	SMB Live Workshop: Attract Customers, Grow Sales	Business and Marketing roles
March 18	Boston, MA	SMB Live Workshop: Attract Customers, Grow Sales	Business and Marketing roles
March 18	St. Louis, MO	SMB Live Workshop: Attract Customers, Grow Sales	Business and Marketing roles
March 18	Webcast	Dynamics CRM Online – Integration with Exchange Online (Server-Side-Sync) & Integration with Yammer, Lync, Skype	Business and Sales Roles
March 19	Boston, MA	SMB Live Technical: Modernize with Hybrid Cloud	IT Pros
March 19	St. Louis, MO	SMB Live Technical: Modernize with Hybrid Cloud	IT Pros
March 19	Webcast	Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2015 Virtual Foundations Course	Technical Roles
March 19	Webcast	Microsoft Azure Solution Scenarios – Windows Azure Pack for Service Providers and Enterprises with Multi-Tenancy with ADFS.	Business and Technical Roles
March 19	Webcast	Partner Technical Services: Migrate you MBX to Office 365 - Diagnostic Tools	Technical Roles
March 19	Webcast	US Azure Partner Community Call	Business, Sales, Technical Roles

March 23–28

Date	Location	Training, Call, or Event	Role
March 23	Webcast	Partner Technical Services: Windows Server 2003 Modernization	Business, Sales, Technical Roles
March 23	Webcast	Ask the Experts - How to increase SharePoint Online adoption	Technical Roles
March 23-April 10	Fargo, ND	Microsoft Dynamics AX Fast TrAX Functional Track	Technical Roles
March 24	Salt Lake City, UT	SMB Live Workshop: Attract Customers, Grow Sales	Business and Marketing Roles
March 24	Tampa, FL	SMB Live Workshop: Attract Customers, Grow Sales	Business and Marketing Roles
March 24	Downers Grove, IL	SMB Live Workshop: Attract Customers, Grow Sales	Business and Marketing Roles
March 24	Webcast	Microsoft Virtual Academy: Data on Azure: A Technology Overview	Developers
March 25	Salt Lake City, UT	SMB Live Technical: Modernize with Hybrid Cloud	IT Pros
March 25	Tampa, FL	SMB Live Technical: Modernize with Hybrid Cloud	IT Pros
March 25	Downers Grove, IL	SMB Live Technical: Modernize with Hybrid Cloud	IT Pros
March 25	Pittsburgh, PA	SMB Live Workshop: Attract Customers, Grow Sales	Business and Marketing Roles
March 25	Detroit, MI	SMB Live Workshop: Attract Customers, Grow Sales	Business and Marketing Roles
March 25	Webcast	Dynamics CRM Online – Integration with Power BI & Microsoft Social Listening Overview	Business and Sales Roles
March 25	Webcast	Microsoft Azure Solution Scenarios – Azure Resource Manager with Visual Studio	Business, Sales, Technical Roles
March 26	Pittsburgh, PA	SMB Live Technical: Modernize with Hybrid Cloud	IT Pros
March 26	Detroit, MI	SMB Live Technical: Modernize with Hybrid Cloud	IT Pros
March 26	Webcast	Partner Technical Services: Migrate you MBX to Office 365 – Mailbox Migration Velocity Best Practices	Technical Roles
March 26	Webcast	Microsoft Azure Solution Scenarios – Introduction to Orchestrator, Service Manager Automation (SMA) and Monitoring	Business, Sales, Technical Roles
March 25-26	Webcast	Partner Technical Services: Starter Kit for Enterprise Mobility	Business, Sales, Technical Roles
March 26-27	Webcast	Partner Technical Services: Office 365 Practice Accelerator for SMB	Technical Roles
March 26–27	Webcast	Partner Technical Services: Office 365 Practice Accelerator for SMB	SMB Partners

March 30–April 2

Date	Location	Training, Call, or Event	Role
March 30	Webcast	Ask the Experts Messaging: MultiOrg architectures	Technical Roles
March 31	Philadelphia, PA	SMB Live Workshop: Attract Customers, Grow Sales	Business and Marketing Roles
March 31	Houston, TX	SMB Live Workshop: Attract Customers, Grow Sales	Business and Marketing Roles
April 1	Philadelphia, PA	SMB Live Technical: Modernize with Hybrid Cloud	IT Pros
April 1	Houston, TX	SMB Live Technical: Modernize with Hybrid Cloud	IT Pros
April 1	Ft. Lauderdale, FL	SMB Live Workshop: Attract Customers, Grow Sales	Business and Marketing Roles
April 1	Ft. Lauderdale, FL	SMB Live Technical: Modernize with Hybrid Cloud	IT Pros

2015 Microsoft events

July 12–16

Orlando, FL

2015 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference

February 2015 Hot Sheet training schedule

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